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Two cases of swine flu have been confirmed in the west according to the HSE.

The health care provider Fresenius Medical Care (FMC) is preparing to open its renal dialysis unit in the heart of Kilkenny city this September as the Wellstone Clinic prepares to shut its doors.

Vitamin D is sometimes known as the sunshine vitamin as we can manufacture it in our bodies when we are exposed to sunlight. In Ireland we rely heavily on sunshine to provide us with vitamin D, so fingers crossed for the good summer we’ve all been waiting for!

Ten months detention was imposed on a young fisherman who was found in possession of a hunting knife and who was caught with weighing scales and drugs.

According to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation there are 21 people being treated on trolleys at Mayo General Hospital today out of 435 nationwide. The HSE say the hospital’s emergency department is under pressure and has advised patients to attend their GPs our GP out of hours service if it is not an absolute emergency. Some elective admissions have been postponed. Contact the hospital for information.

A new initiative by local heart charity Croi aims to change the lifestyles of 450 people in the west considered to be most at risk from heart disease, Ireland’s biggest killer.

A seminar on preventing illness and restoring health will take place on June 16 at 7pm in The Ardilaun hotel. The seminar is based on Ayurveda, a system of health care that takes diet, lifestyle, and all aspects of mind and body into account.

Due to the current adverse weather conditions the Diabetes Federation of Ireland, Kilkenny Branch Public Education Meeting which was scheduled to be held on Wednesday last at the Newpark Hotel has been deferred until Wednesday January 27, at 8pm at the same venue. Admission is free and all are welcome.

A walk and fun day in memory of a four-year-old child who died from meningitis will take place in Oranmore village on Saturday June 27 at 2pm.